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Allow or Block a specific Website

Allow a Website

  1. In the DrawBridge Console, click Accounts on the right sidebar, then click Companies
  2. In your Company record, click Access Policy Dashboard
  3. At the top of your Dashboard are quick action buttons for Allow and Block. Click the Website button on Allow
  4. In the popup window, enter the website you wish to allow in the Pattern field and then click Save. (The default selections of "Domain/URL" and "Sync Everywhere" do not need to be changed.)
  5. Press CTRL + F5 on your keyboard, and then, if present, click Reload Redwood, and then Yes to apply your changes.
  6. After the notification bar indicates that the reload is complete, navigate back to where you were encountering the blockpage, and reload that page (CTRL+F5).

This procedure places the website specified into the Company Preferences Access Policy, Always_Allow category.

Important!

  • Use with discretion: Allowing a website does exactly that -- no content filtering is applied!
  • Many websites load content from other domains in addition to the one displayed in your browser address bar. If you're trying to get a semi-broken webpage to work, use the Realtime Log Viewer to troubleshoot further to ensure other background domains aren't getting snagged.

Block a Website

  1. In the DrawBridge Console, click Accounts on the right sidebar, then click Companies
  2. In your Company record, click Access Policy Dashboard
  3. At the top of your Dashboard are quick action buttons for Allow and Block. Click the Website button on Block
  4. In the popup window, enter the website you wish to block in the Pattern field and then click Save. (The default selections of "Domain/URL" and "Sync Everywhere" do not need to be changed.)
  5. Press CTRL + F5 on your keyboard, and then, if present, click Reload Redwood, and then Yes to apply your changes.
  6. After the notification bar indicates that the reload is complete, navigate back to the webpage you were desiring to block, and reload that page (CTRL+F5). You should receive a blockpage.

This procedure places the website specified into the Company Preferences Access Policy, Always_Block category.

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